It has become known for its satire and sardonic approach to reaching Jewish readers of all streams. One phony ad campaign that was designed to make a point was an application for “new United Nations ambassadors”. It was a mail-in test thatdetermined just how anti-Israel the test taker was, and the more against Israel you tested, the better the chance you had of being accepted. Heeb reported that they actually received hundreds of applicants. this was in wikipedia entry on Heeb Magazine, a SATIRIC magazine of Jewish humor, by and for Jews If you have laughed at Mel Brooks, you are guilty!

Ya know what I don't get about the old television show Beverly Hillbillies, now in syndication? I wondered silently while sitting on this here sack of seeds, gnawing a hay straw and whittle'n on a stick and contemplating whether or not I 'ought'a fix that leak in the tin roof and concluding, nah, I'll just put a pot under the drip when it gets tuh rain'n, and then figer'n later on when I get around to it, I could use the lower limb on that oak tree next to the '62 Impala up on cinder blocks, on account of it not got no tires, tuh hook up a pully and yank that engine block. The thing that gets me is Jeb, Granny, and Ellie Mae are purportedly ace shots with rifle shoot'n, picking off the wings of flies on the front gate from from across the driveway from their chairs on the front porch just for fun and for shoot'n practice. But the whole premise of the show is Jeb striking oil while hunting food, which is patently ridiculous to begin with but indicates Jeb isn't all that great of a shot. That is an intolerable inconsistency.

But speaking of white trash ... I was invited to a party with the theme of white trash. This puzzled me greatly because I never heard that term. I heard of white parties, but not white trash parties. I wondered if they intended for us to dress in white plastic kitchen trash bags. Or what? I had no idea. Turns out they meant all no-class things. Hors d oeuvres were Cheeze-It's and pretzels with sour cream dip still in the original containers set up on an ironing board as an ersatz table. Christmas tree decorated with beer cans, garland made of can tabs. Orange and lime Jello mold with shredded carrots. Music played on an 8-track. People dressed head to toe in polyester. Where they got all those clothes is beyond me. Complete with the worst shoes ever.

"Noted psychologist Patricia Keith-Spiegel identified two primary reasons why we laugh.• We laugh out of surprise.• We laugh when we feel superior.

Keith-Spiegel identified six additional motivations for laughter, each of which supports the two main reasons, surprise and superiority.• We laugh out of instinct.• We laugh at incongruity.• We laugh out of ambivalence.• We laugh for release.• We laugh when we solve a puzzle.• We laugh to regress."

To Crack, it's all about the commenters. Sir Archie calls it the "Theater of Topicks". The Althousian Theater is my favorite drinking blog. Well, actually my only drinking blog.

To Father Martin, Jokes about the ovens are over the top. If you have visited Auschwitz you know the horror of it all. But then you know that men are evil but can do goo, do you not. Rosanne claims to be Jewish.Enough said...

Chip the Gourmet Chef, You had to be raised in The South to understand what white trash really means. Your friends had not a clue.